Improvement in chest-protecting garments



C. A. FULLER.

CHEST-PROTECTING GARMENT.

No. 192,366. Patented June 26,1877.

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CHARLES A. FULLER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHEST-PROTECTING GARMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,366, dated June 26,1877 application filed January 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FULLER, ofMinneapolis, Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement inChest-Pro tecting Garments, of which the following is a clear, full, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents thefront view of the protector, and Fig. 2 shows the rear or back view ofthe same.

My invention relates 'to that class of protectors designed to be worn asan under-garment; and it consists in a combination of skin and flannelor other suitable material, in such a manner that the skins do not passaround the body, and the protector is made to fit the chest and keep itsplace, as hereinafter described and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawing, A is a sleeveless close-fitting jacket, made of flannelor other suitable woolen material. B is a thickness or covering ofbuckskin, stitched upon the flannel jacket, and of sufiicient size tocover and protect the front of the chest, the buckskin passing over theshoulders, as shown at b b, and uniting the front skin B with the skin0, stitched upon the back of the jacket A, so as to fit betweentheshoulders of the wearer, thus affording protection for the vital organs,front and back, without any superfluity of weight or heat,

and producing a healthy garment, with proper ventilation and absorption,and a chest-protector that will keep its place, and, by means of thebuttons 0 c, is easily and readily put on or removed, as may be desired.

This protector is designed to be worn over a light under-shirt, and,requiring but asmall amount of material in its construction, is simpleand economical.

I am aware that chest protectors have been made of skin to entirelyenvelop the body; but such are objectionable, as they entirely arrestthe evaporation, and the quantity of skin used in their manufacturemakes them too costly for general use. In my invention the skin doesnotpass around the body, but covers only the, breast and between theshoulders in the back, the two parts meeting over the shoulders.

Having thus explained my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A chest-protecting garment, as described, consisting of the sleevelessjacket A, provided with the front and back pieces B and O of skin, andconnected on the shoulders at b b with strips of same, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

oHAs. A. FULLER.

Witnesses LEWIS MAISH, VERNON BELL.

